(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note: The original document is in the Roane County Archives’ loose papers. James Coody a native of the Cherokee nation has this day Registered his name in the Cherokee agents office for a section of … Continue reading →
(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note: The specific date and page references are not included in the archived transcription. Click here to view the full microfilmed Circuit Court minutes for the period 1810-1836 (3 volumes). The volume 1817-1831 is not … Continue reading →
Click here to view the Wikipedia page for John Randolph Neal, Jr., with detailed information, links to additional sources, and a photo. Source: The Knoxville Journal, November 24, 1959 – pages 1 & 2 Dr. Neal, Figure In Trial, Dies … Continue reading →
(from the Roane Heritage Commission Facebook page, posted December 4, 2025) Caption on the Facebook post: The Kingston Post office, which was located on Kentucky Street where First Baptist Church of Kingston added on to their church, was built in … Continue reading →
(from the archived RCHC Web site) Submitted to The Rockwood Centennial book in 1968 (original source unidentified) Note: No grammar editing was performed on the archived content when reposting it here. In 1804 Dr. John Cloud Haley and his family … Continue reading →
In 2005, the city of Rockwood dedicated a 1936 Highway Patrol Museum. Click here to view an archived album of photos from that event.
Continue reading →(from Kenneth Dunlap‘s archived Web site and the Hugh Dunlap article at the archived RCHC Web site) “Tennesseans Turned Texans” Richard G. Dunlap was born in Knoxville, Territory South of the River Ohio 05 Sep 1796. He was the first … Continue reading →
(from the archived RCHC Web site) In the Beginning….. After the civil war most of the south lay in ruin. This was a good opportunity for northern industrialists to come in and put the south back to work. With the … Continue reading →
(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Note: minor edits were made to correct grammar errors. James Fletcher Tarwater was born in Dandridge, Tennessee, November 4, 1847, the son of Rev. William Tarwater, a Baptist Minister. In 1863, he enlisted in … Continue reading →
(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Teacher in the Public Schools at Rockwood. Miss Rebecca Sanborn, who is principal of the overflow school at Rockwood, was born in Michigan in 1873, moving to Rockwood in ’82; graduating in the high … Continue reading →
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